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November 20, 2008

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Who Goes to UTPA?

UTPA has a total of 17,337 students coming from 28 different states, and over 40 countries around the world. UTPA enrolls the highest number and highest percentage of Hispanics (86%) among Texas public universities. Of the total student population, 2,261 are graduate students participating in 48 graduate level programs.

Why Choose UTPA?

UTPA is the 10th largest university in the state and the fifth largest in the UT System. The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education lists UTPA among its top 100 best U.S. colleges for Hispanics. UTPA offers 54 bachelor’s degree programs, 50 master’s, 2 doctoral, and one cooperative doctoral pharmacy program. UTPA educates the most Mexican-American students in the nation.

- President Cárdenas visits with students in the Student Union building.

Welcome to UTPA!

The University of Texas-Pan American is located in the Rio Grande Valley, a river delta of the Rio Grande at the Tropical Tip of Texas. The main campus of the University is in Edinburg, Texas, population 34,000, the county seat of Hidalgo County, some 20 minutes from the U.S./Mexico border. Six miles to the southwest is McAllen, Texas, a city of almost 100,000; just south of McAllen, is Reynosa, Mexico, a city of one million.

UTPA is located 75 miles from the Gulf of Mexico and the resort area of South Padre Island. South Texas is distinctly bicultural, and many people speak both English and Spanish.